On the latest episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Jeff Jarrett was asked whether he regrets how he booked himself during the early TNA years, and defended the decision by pointing to the company’s growth and his philosophy on heel champions. You can check out his comments below:
“None. Our track record speaks for itself. We went from a Wednesday-night pay-per-view only, to Fox Sports Net, to one hour on a Saturday night off-prime on Spike TV, to one hour on Thursday nights off-prime, to one hour in prime time, to two hours of prime time under my leadership. During that build, and this is what Conrad always gets fascinated by — the numbers and the budgets we worked under, shoestring budgets — whether it’s a Conrad Thompson, a Jim Cornette, a Dutch, or others in the middle of it, they understood that the only person I can guarantee will not walk out and go to WWE is myself. My philosophy in booking is the babyface chase. You have to look at the landscape: WWE has always had, for the most part, a touring babyface champion. I didn’t necessarily think that fit our model. We had four distinct divisions, and I wanted a heel champion where the babyfaces were the chasers, namely an AJ Styles, as we were developing talent.”